Shanai Momi

Studying can be a stressful experience, especially if you aren’t doing anything besides your degree. To break up the monotony of your routine and relieve the intense nature of your course, becoming mindful of your physical and mental health can lead to an improvement in your overall performance. Forcing...

Stressed may be desserts spelled backwards, but nobody said university would be a piece of cake. When we took steps towards applying for universities we all knew that if we got in, the work would be more challenging – but the promise of freedom, alcohol, nightclubs and adulthood kept...

Almost fifty years after Nixon launched the war on drugs, there now exists a building momentum to abandon the fight. Canada’s recent legalisation of cannabis, the second nation in the world to do so, embodies this motion. The question remains: Should the U.K. follow in Canada’s footsteps? With an...

As an avid doodler and lecture-notes-graffiti fanatic, I hoped that Art Society might add a splash of colour to a dreary Wednesday evening. I wasn’t disappointed. I had done Art at A-level, my class being extraordinarily small (ten people, if that). I had enjoyed the chilled vibe: listening to...

As a student on a budget, most of us can attest to the fact that the weekly food shopping proves to be a bigger mental battle than our degrees. The questions remain: walk the extra ten minutes to get to Lidl or walk to the Tesco metro around the...

As I sit on the 12pm Cross Country train from Manchester Piccadilly, I am overcome with a bittersweet sadness. I am so excited to be reunited with my house-mates: friends I have known for only a year, yet can’t imagine my life without. I am excited to rejoin the...

So…we are a month into the new academic year and you’re now wondering how time flew by so quickly? Already you hear students talking about upcoming coursework and looming exam deadlines. It’s only October yet your mind is circulating with the number of hours you need to set aside...